Shipping-case.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.-

L. SOCHUREK.

SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron- LOUIS SOOHUREK, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SHIPPING-CASE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12,1908.

Application filed March 25, 1907. Serial No.- 864,287.

for: ottledagoods, the sameybeing esipecially.

designed for the bottle-beer trade an having the advantageous featuresherein set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1of the drawings represents a transverse section view of one of myimproved sheet-metal shipping-cases, the view being indicated by lines1-1 in Fig. 2, which Fig. 2, represents a plan viewof the casepartl'y'in horizontal'section on the lane indicated by line 2-2 in Fig.1, and F ig. 3, represents a sectional view of a detail of the case, thegame being indicated by line 33 in said Referring by letter tothe'drawingsyA indicates the bottom, and B the continuous wall of theapproximately rectangular body of a sheet-metal shipping case inaccordance with m invention, the corners of same being refera l rounded.The lower end of the od -wa is outwardly flanged and the flange dou leseamed to the bottom A, the depending continuous scam I) being a spacesufficient to provide for the engage ment of the upper end of anothercase when the two are stacked one upon another, as illustrated by dottedlines 1n Fig. 1. This provision for nesting cases in a verticaldirection is an important feature of my invention, it being understoodthat the aforesaid seam orthe case-bottom rests upon the support for thecase, when said case is by itself or set on another in a tier of suchcases, no reinforce band being necessary to strengthen the union of thecase-wall and bottom. The upper edge of the case-wall is turned on anouter stiflening wire 0 and a similarly wired cover C is provided inhinge-connection with said wall, the wired edges of the wall and coverbeing vertically parallel when the case is closed, whereby ported by therim of the case-body. T e

and resident of the boundary of the'closed cover is su major below t atof its body of'the case, and this sunken major por-' tion ofsaid coveris provided with an aperturethatpermits of its-automatic engage mentwith a spring-latch D attached to the body-wall of the case. ing thecase, the wall Dtherewith are shown provided with registeringaperturesthrough which to ass a sealing-strip d of wire or other suitab ematerial having the ends thereof-connected by an ordinary soft-metalseal e asv shown in Fig. -1..

Each provided with .an upper wired edge to end of the bodywall of thecase is central hand-holeand engaglng'the same is the-flange of an openhandle E, this flange being turned on said wall to which its ends areriveted.

Riveted or otherwise suitably secured in the body of the case is thecontinuous upwardly extendin flange f of a horizontal partition F centray supported by preferably G in connection with it and the tubular postscase-bottom. The partition is suitably apertured to permit of theengagement of same by bottles, and suitably connected to the case-bottomand underside of saidpartition, inregister with the apertures ofspring-cells Hfomsaid bottles. Each cell consists of a spring-wirespirally coiled for a portion of its ameter of a bottle for. which saidcell is designed, and the remainder of said wire is coiled inthe form ofan inverted conical .he-,

lix thatserves as a cushion for said bottle. The spring-cells aredesigned to absorb the shocks to which the casema be subjected and thusprevent fracture of t e bottles contained therein, said bottles-beingsupported by the cells independently of the other portions of the case.

I claim:

1. A sheet-metal shipping-case having a horizontal artition thereinprovided with apertures tfirough which to extend bottles,

and spring-cells intermediate of the partition and case-bottom, eachcell consisting of a s ring-wire coiled to have the upper portion of thecoil of substantially the same diameter as that of a partition-aperturewith which it registers and the lower portion of much less diameter andin .the shape of an inverted-conicalhelix forming a cushion supportunder the upper part.

ortion of the cover is on a plane fit within the To provide for seal. ofsame and the latch length to conform to the d1- same, are

2 v. ic 18 2. A sheet metal shigping case having a .com'cal helixforming a cushion support unhorizontal artition therein provided withder the upper'part." I apertures t ough Which-t0 extend bottles, In testmony that I claim the foregoing I posts arranged to slpport thepartition, and have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in '15 5spring-cells interme late of the partition and the county ofMilWaukeeand State of Wiscase-boltltolm, each cell consisting of aspin consin thepresence of two witnesses.

-wire co'e to avet eu er ortiono t e coil of substantially the s mdiameter as LOUIS SOCHUREK' that of a partition-aperture with which itWitnesses:

1ojregisters and thelower ortion of muchless' N. E. OLIPHANT,

diameter and in the s ape of an inverted GEORGE FELBER.

